The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s first 150 years have been characterized by world-changing achievements, discoveries, and creations. To respond to new opportunities and grand challenges impacting society, we are expanding our global vision. Explore Vision 2030, a seven-year plan to enhance global learning and engagement: https://publish.illinois.edu/global-strategy/.

The SSC is running the second annual Reimagine Our Future Student Sustainability Competition. We are in search of specialist advisors and initial judges, so if you have knowledge of sustainability and are willing to give a small amount of your time to encourage student innovation, please click here. This is a unique opportunity for faculty and students alike.

Are you looking for professional development and networking opportunities with administrative professionals from across campus? Then IAP is for you! Visit the IAP website for more info. Membership is only $15, join today! See eligible classifications and membership form on our website. If you do not see your classification listed, email us as our list may not reflect recent classification changes.

Learn about the Lean LaunchPad method to explore your innovation from a business and customer perspective. Develop best practices for conducting customer discovery and prepare to apply for Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology Transfer grants. Application for the fall session is due on Sept. 14. Learn more and apply. https://icorps.illinois.edu/programs/lean-launchpad

The Graduate College's Career Exploration Fellowship connects PhD students with campus units for mentored work experience. Host units hire a Fellow for 15 hrs/week at $25/hr, and the Fellow receives a fellowship and tuition waiver. Limited host slots are available for Spring 2023 with more potentially open for Fall 2023. Interested in being a host? Email gradsuccess@illinois.edu by this Friday.

The Illinois Geometry Lab is accepting undergraduate applications to Fall 2022 projects. IGL provides opportunities for undergraduate students to participate in exciting research alongside field experts and engage in vital mathematics outreach. Membership is open to all majors. For full consideration, please complete the application by Monday, August 15.  

IRisk Lab is calling for applications to Fall 2022 projects. IRisk Lab serves as an industry-academic collaboration hub, facilitates discovery-based learning, and showcases state-of-the-art research in risk analysis and advanced analytics. Descriptions of projects available may be found on the IRisk Lab website. All interested parties should complete the application form by Tuesday, August 16.

Save the date for International Education Week, occuring October 16-22, 2022! The celebration is comprised of educational, cultural, and recreational events hosted by student groups, centers, colleges, units, and local partners. All units across campus are invited to submit internationally-focused events to the International Education Week calendar: https://calendars.illinois.edu/requestEvent/1215

Join Kay Carnes, Master Gardener and Mid-American Gardener panelist, for a Cooking with Herbs Workshop in Allerton’s Herb Garden. Learn how to grow herbs in our Central Illinois climate, and receive cooking tips using herbs and spices in various recipes. Then, sit down in the Greenhouse auditorium for an Italian-themed lunch prepared by Leah Bodine of the Greenhouse Café. 

Celebrate return to campus! Free two-day event for faculty and staff. Thursday evening cocktail Vendor Showcase at SCD features furniture, flooring, and technology from campus vendors. Friday Symposium at CIF features a keynote presentation by professor and author, Sarah Rose Cavanagh, with refreshments and lunch included. See website to learn more and register.

Register now for the 2022 SPaRC Retreat scheduled for September 16th!  This event is for campus research administrators to network, learn about relevant research administration topics, and celebrate their role in the campus research mission.  The day includes guest speakers, plenary sessions on new initiatives and policy updates, and breakout sessions on a variety of sponsored project topics.

Join us to learn more about volunteering for our local natural areas. Meet representatives from Champaign County Forest Preserve District, Champaign Park District, Urbana Park District, Vermilion County Conservation District, Grand Prairie Friends, Land Conservation Foundation, Upper Sangamon River Conservancy, and more. We need your help to enhance natural areas in East Central Illinois. 

In this interactive session, the perinatal mental health care pathway will be used as a scaffolding on which to highlight recent inequities experienced by persons of color regarding perinatal mental health, and to brainstorm opportunities to address and mitigate them. Registration Required before August 17th: https://my.socialwork.illinois.edu/perinatal-mental-health

Creative Dance for Children, directed by Betty Allen, is a fun and engaging community program offered by the University of Illinois Department of Dance for children ages 4-10. This program focuses on learning and understanding dance concepts, developing social skills and creative expression, improvising and dance making through movement explorations and free movement.

In the spirit of Shinrin Yoku, or "forest bathing," Japan House is hosting a variety of musical performances throughout the grounds near and around Japan House for anyone to freely come and enjoy. For August, DJ Van Paugam, will play City Pop, a unique genre of Japanese Jazz, Funk, and Disco. Japan House's Matcha Cafe and Michael's Catering will offer yakitori, miso butter corn,kakigori, and more!

The Career Center's annual Graduate and Professional School Fair is back in person! Early registration ends on August 19; UIUC programs: $175/non-UIUC programs: $275. General admission, August 20-September 30; UIUC programs: $200/non-UIUC programs: $300. For more information visit careercenter.illinois.edu or contact Titus Young at titusy@illinois.edu. 

This webinar will focus on differentiating microplastics and geosynthetics. In addition, it will focus on current concerns of microplastics in the environment and address the following questions:  (1) What do we mean by microplastics?; (2) How do we measure microplastics?; (3) Do geosynthetics produce microplastics?; and (4) How do we reduce the emissions of microplastics?

The Collaboration Cafe is a monthly webinar, hosted by the NCSA-led Midwest Big Data Innovation Hub, to explore funding opportunities and foster collaborative proposal development. On Thursday, August 18 at 3:00pm CT, the webinar will discuss the NSF Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) program with an NSF program director and others from across the Midwest.

NCSA is hosting the CyberAmbassador Program, a series of training sessions for UIUC faculty, staff and graduate students in STEM fields. The free CyberAmbassador Program will offer nine weekly, 90-minute virtual Zoom sessions Sept. 1 through Oct. 27. Sign up in advance for any or all of the sessions here, and check out the CyberAmbassador webpage for more information about the NSF-funded program.

Seeking native English speakers between ages 60-75 for an in-person language study. Participants will read multiple sentences of varying importance and be asked to complete memory tests while their brainwaves are recorded. The study is scheduled for 3 hours and participants are compensated in cash ($12/hour). If interested, please contact illinoiscablabmanager@gmail.com.

Would your young teen like to participate in a spicy broccoli consumer test? Compensation will be provided! To be eligible to participate, you must: be of ages 11-17, have parental consent, be available for a 40-min to 1-hour window from now to October, and willing to try spicy vegetables (in reasonable amounts) followed by an ice cream rinse. Interested? Contact Emily by email or 630-433-8521.

We are seeking participants with at least 2 years of programming experience with Python for eye-tracking study. Participants will read short code segments and be asked either what the code does or if it contains bugs (est. 60-90 min) and be compensated in cash ($20). Native/non-native English speakers welcome. If interested, please sign up here or contact pytaskuiuc@gmail.com for questions.

Looking for adults aged 21-64 years with high weight for height to participate in a study into prolonged sitting and how adults think. The study involves 3 visits to Freer Hall, wearing activity monitors, and screening. Measures include cognitive tests, electroencephalography, a body scan, maximal exercise test, and blood draws. Compensation up to $350.Click here if interested!

The BCNN Lab is launching a study called ELIAS, which is focused on the cognitive and nutritional development of infants beginning at 12-18 months. You will be asked to come to 6 visits (1.5 hours each) over the course of 12 months and will receive $420 in Amazon e-gift cards. Additional compensation will be provided for those traveling over 30 miles. Contact elias.uiuc@gmail.com if interested.

The iCONS research study involves seven 2-2.5 hour visits & a daily gummy for 9 months.  Activities include height, weight, & eye health measurements, reading & math related questions, computer tasks, & parent questionnaires. Families will receive up to $300, plus $10 per visit for travel costs. Parking provided. To learn more, email iconstudy@illinois.edu or 217-300-1667.